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HFP Update… Friday, August 27, 2010 AT 4 PM EDT

OPERATIONS NOAA P-3s NOAA-42: N42 Landed in Barbados around 1830 UTC for IFEX Rapid Intensification and 3D Doppler missions in T.S. Earl. N42’s first flight flight will be 0800 UTC takeoff Sunday August 29, with subsequent flights every 12 hrs. NOAA 43: N43 is also deploying in Barbados. First flight with N43 will have a […]

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AOML/HRD team deploys for IFEX experiments into Earl

Six scientists from AOML/HRD have deployed to Tampa today in anticipation of ferry flights from NOAA/AOC tomorrow to Barbados. They will be joined there by two other AOML/HRD colleagues flying down commercially. Starting on Saturday they will be ready for a series of IFEX experiments into and around what is presently Tropical Storm Earl. The […]

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Mission Science Summary – August 25, 2010

Mission synopsis: August 25, 2010 NOAA currently planning to forward deploy to Barbados on Friday, August 27 and fly TD7 beginning 20 UTC 28 August. Preliminary plan calls for a G-IV mission at 1730 UTC 28 August, and the first P-3 mission at 20 UTC 28 August. We will follow that with a P-3 mission […]

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Mission Science Summary – August 24, 2010

Mission synopsis: August 24, 2010 NOAA has no flights planned in the next 24 h. They will be watching developments in the Gulf of America to determine if a flight on Thursday, August 26, is warranted.   Currently they are planning to forward deploy to Barbados on Friday, August 27. NASA completed a DC8 survey along […]

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